Do White Americans Have White Privilege?

I sure wish I had some of that growing up, rather than the abusive, crime-and-drug-riddled childhood I managed to escape with no help from the color of my skin. I wonder if these people know that they're insulting every person of color ever, who made a success of themselves.

I started off mostly poor in rural Southern Canada (aka Northern Minnesota). We became "rich" when my mom married my Stepdad, then a new 2nd LT in the Air Force. From that point I lived a life of white privilege and caviar dreams as an Air Force Brat moving every two years until I used my own white privilege to enlist in the US Military. My white privilege entitled me to 8 weeks of Basic Training and an additional 3 months of career oriented training some of which entitled me to eat and sleep in a hole that I dug. My white privilege also allowed me additional exposures to CS gas over those 3 months. My white privilege truly paid off during Desert Shield/Storm when I was entitled to work 16 hour shifts 6 days a week. My white privilege allowed me to leave the military after 5 years of Active Duty (my white privilege allowed me to extend an additional year). I then used some more of my white privilege to work 40+ hours a week and go to college full time. Thanks to my white privilege I got the US Government to help pay my college tuition. Of course they didn't refer to it as "White Privilege Payments" (which it was) they disguised it as "the GI Bill." I could go on and on about my white privilege, but I don't want to bore you with any more details on all of the ease in my life.

CPT Jack Durish, I wouldn't fault you for tagging "humor". Your commentary is spot-on, too, about the irony and such. I think this is where I shake my head, do a facepalm, quit the human race, and identify as a "watcher".